Shoe.



"3N0. 739,956. PATBNTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

J. WALDEN.

I SHOE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES- Patented September 29, 1903.

PATENT O FICE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 739,956, dated September 29, 1903. Application filed April 4, 1903. Serial No. 151,028. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WALDEN, a Gin zen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes,-of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the lacing of shoes,

upper. The shank of an ordinary lacinghook 3 is then inserted in the usual manner, passing through the shield 1 and attaching it to the shoe-upper A. This completes the construction. Thenumber of shields attached will vary according to the height of the shoe. From the eyelets E the lace L is then laced through the hooks 3 in the ordinary manner.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a shoe-upper of a series of separate shields each of which "is attached to the upper by stitching along its front ,edge and by a lacing hook inserted through each shield, the rear edge being unstitched and folded and embossed soas to guard the lacing-hook entrance, substantially as shown and described.

' JOSEPH WVALD-EN. \Vitnesses WM. S. BEAMAN, GEORGE J. GROB. 

